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1997 Yanks Tim Raines, Derek Jeter and Paul O'Neill are 1st to hit 3 consecutively homers in post season (Yanks beat Indians 8-6)

1997 Yanks clinch 37th appearance in post season, 3rd consecutive

1997 Yanks break Minnesota Twins Brad Radke's string of 12 straight wins

1997 Major league revenue sharing begins, New York Yanks pay out most $28M

1997 1st game at Turner Field Atlanta, Braves beats Yanks 2-0 (exhibition)

1996 Last game at Atlanta County Fulton Stadium. Yanks win record 8th straight road post season win (with no loses)

1996 New York Yankee Bernie Williams hits record tying 7th post season HR, as Yanks tie record of 6th straight post season road win (en route to 8)

1996 Braves beat New York Yanks by record tying 11 runs, 12-1 in a World Series

1996 Yanks (3) and Orioles (3) combine to tie play off record of 6 HRs

1996 Yanks lose ending 3rd best home series victory streak at 24

1995 1st game at Coors Stadium Colorado (replacement Rockies beat Yanks 4-1)

1995 Howard Yanks, founder of the Philadelphia folk festival, dies at 65

1994 Phil Rizzuto (Yanks) and Steve Carlton (Phils) enter the Hall of Fame

1994 Cleveland Indians 18 game home win streak ends to Yanks 11-6

1993 Trailing 3-1 with 2 outs in 9th, time is called prior to Mike Stanley pop out, gets a 2nd chance, and Yanks rally to beat Boston 4-3

1993 Reggie Jackson Day - New York Yanks retire 13th # (#44)

1993 New York Yankee Mark Hutton is 1st Australian to be a starting pitcher, He beats Angels 5-2; Yanks, Red Sox, Blue Jays 3 way tie for 1st

1993 Indians' Carlos Baerga is 1st to switch hit home runs in same inn (vs Yanks)

1992 Danny Tartabull has 9 RBIs as Yanks beat Orioles 16-4

1992 Red Sox Mark Reardon sets record of 342 saves (vs Yanks 1-0)

1992 Despite trailing 7-1, New York Yanks tie Milwaukee Brewers and then score 1 in 9th to avoid 5th straight extra inning game

1992 Longest 2 undefeated baseball teams to meet (New York Yanks 5-0 vs Toronto Blue Jays 6-0); Yanks score 3 in top of 9th to win 5-2

1991 A's Rickey Henderson steals an all time record 939th base vs Yanks

1990 Longest game in Toronto, Yanks beat Blue Jays 8-7 in 15 inns

1990 Nolan Ryan pitches his 6th no-hitter beating Oakland, in 9th he retires Ken Phelps, Rickey Henderson and Willie Randolph (all ex Yanks)

1989 Yanks beat Milwaukee Brewers 4-1, score is changed to 5-1 after game is over. Umpire rules Roberto Kelly scored before a double-play

1989 New York Yankee Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons, his 287th win puts him 19th overall as Yanks beat Twins on opening day 4-2

1989 Yanks beat Mets 4-0, sweeping 1989 mayor's trophy series in 2 games

1989 1st New York Mets - New York Yankee game in New York City since 1983, Yanks win 4-3

1989 Yanks beat Mets 6-4 in exhibition game (1st meeting since 1985)

1989 NL announces Yanks' broadcaster Bill White will be 1st black president

1988 Yanks' Tommy John makes 3 errors on 1 play yet beats Brewers 16-3

1988 Tommy John commits rec 3 errors on 1 play as Yanks rout Brewers 16-3

1988 Yanks' Rick Rhoden becomes 1st pitcher to DH (0 for 1 with an RBI)

1988 Yanks HR 9,999 (D Winfield) 10,000 (C Washington) 10,001 (J Clarke)

1987 Yanks trailing by 7 score 7 in 7th on 7/7 and 5 in 8th-Beat Twins 12-7

1987 Yanks blow 11-4 lead but trailing 14-11 Dave Winfield's 8th inning grand slammer beats Toronto 15-14; Mattingly also grand slams

1987 Losing 9-0 to Red Sox, Yanks score 11 in 3rd and win 12-11 in 10 inn

1985 Yanks trade Jim Deshaies to Astros for 40-year-old Joe Niekro

1985 Phil Rizzuto Day, Yanks retire #10

1984 Yanks clinch AL East

1983 Royals defeat Yanks, 5-4, completing "pine-tar" game (12 minutes). Hal McRae strikes out and Dan Quisenberry retires Yankees in order

1983 George Brett's 2 run HR against Yanks on July 24 (pine tar game)

1983 Pine Tar Game: Brett's HR disallowed against Yanks (overturned)

1982 Yanks fire manager Bob Lemon and replaces him with Gene Michael

1981 Yanks beat Brewers 7-3 and win only Eastern Championship Series

1981 In 1st Eastern Division championship Yanks beat Brewers 5-3

1981 Red Sox rookie Bob Ojeda no-hits Yanks for 8 innings before Rick Cerone and Dave Winfield lead off 9th with back-to-back doubles

1981 Due to strike, Yanks, A's, Philles and Dodgers declared 1st champs

1981 16th and final Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 4-1, hold 8-7-1 edge

1980 Yanks lose 4-2 and are swept by Royals in AL Championship series

1980 Yanks set AL attendance mark at 2,627,417

1980 Yanks Reggie Jackson hits his 400th HR off Chicago's Britt Burns

1980 Bucky Dent hits an inside park HR, Royals walk 14 Yanks including 5 with bases loaded, Yanks win 16-3

1979 Following a 6-3 loss to the Orioles, Yanks Goose Gossage and Cliff

1979 15th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks and Mets tie 1-1

1978 Yanks trade Lyle, Rajsich, McCall, Heath and Ramos to Texas for Righetti, Mirabella, Beniquez, Jemison and Griffin

1978 Yanks win 22nd World Championship capping their great comeback year

1978 Graig Nettles at 3rd makes many spectactular plays in WS game 3 as Guidry beats Dodgers, after trailing 2 games to 0 Yanks win next 4

1978 Yanks and Dodgers play in World Series # 75

1978 Yanks win 3rd straight AL Championship, all against Kansas City

1978 Royals' George Brett hits 3 HRs, Yanks win championship game 3, 6-5

1978 Yanks win 3rd straight AL East beating Red Sox 5-4 in a playoff game. Guidry wins #25 aided by Dent's homer and Pinella's fielding

1978 Yanks lose 9-2 to Indians forcing a playoff game with Red Sox

1978 Red Sox finally beat Yanks in Sept 1978, 7-3

1978 Yanks beat Red Sox for 6th time in 2 weeks, 3-2

1978 Yanks beat Boston 4-0, Guidry wins # 22, Yanks lead 2 games

1978 4th game of Boston Massacre; Yanks beat Red Sox 7-4. This ties them for 1st place. Yanks out hit 'em 67-21; score 42-9

1978 3rd game of Boston Massacre; Yanks beat Red Sox 7-0

1978 2nd game of Boston Massacre; Yanks beat Red Sox 13-2

1978 1st game of Boston Massacre, Yanks beat Red Sox 15-3

1978 Yanks score 5 runs in top of 7th. but rain causes game to be halted and thus score goes back to previous inning, Balt wins 3-0

1978 Yanks score 5 in bottom of 9th beat Brewers 8-7

1978 Indians Duane Kuiper is 3rd to hit 2 bases-loaded triples (vs Yanks)

1978 Yanks start 14 game comeback with 2-0 win

1978 Down 9-7 in 10th with 2 outs, Yanks Paul Blair hits a 3 run HR

1978 14th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 4-3 in 11

1978 New York Yanks defeat White Sox 4-2 in home opener on Reggie Candy Bar Day

1977 Yanks purchase Andy Messersmith from Braves

1977 Yanks beat Dodgers 8-4 for 21st world championship, 1st in 15 years

1977 Yanks rally for 3 in 9th and beat Royals 5-3 for pennant #31

1977 Yanks win 2nd consecutive AL East title

1977 Yanks leap frog over Red Soxs game in 1st place to stay

1977 Yanks blow 9-4 lead in 9th but beat Chicago 11-10 in bottom of 9th

1977 13th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 6-4

1977 Red Sox set 3 game record of 16 HRs, all against Yanks

1976 Yanks sign free agent Don Gullett

1976 Chris Chambliss' 9th inning lead off homer gives New York Yanks pennant #30

1976 Yanks 1st AL Championship game, beat Royals 4-1

1976 Yanks beat Twins 5-4 in 19 innings

1976 12th Mayor's Trophy Game Yanks beat Mets 8-4

1976 Yankee stadium reopens, Yanks beat Twins after trailing 4-0

1975 Yanks sponsor Army Day at temporary home, Shea Stadium during 21-gun salute, part of fence is blown away, and another part is set afire

1975 11th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 9-4

1974 Yanks trade Bobby Murcer to Giants for Bobby Bonds

1974 Oakland A's beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 71st World Series makes A's only team other than Yanks to win 3 straight series

1974 10th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 9-4

1973 Yanks sign Dick Williams as manager, overturned later by AL Pres

1973 Yanks close 50th year at Yankee Stadium losing 8-5, Ralph Houk

1973 Yanks trade wife swapper Mike Kekich for Lowell Palmer

1973 9th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 8-4

1972 In 1 of their worst trades Yanks get Rich McKinney for Stan Bahnsen

1972 Yanks trade Ellis, Torres and Spikes to Indians for Nettles and Moses

1972 8th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 2-1

1972 Yanks score 8 times in 13th beating White Sox 18-10

1972 New York Yanks agree to continue playing ball in the Bronx

1971 Last Washington Senator home game, Yanks win career 5th forfeit game Yanks trailing 4-2 in 9th with 2 outs, fans rush field

1971 Sterling Hitchcock, Fayetteville, North Carolina, pitcher, New York Yanks, Sea Mariners

1970 Yanks Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for the 2nd of 3 times in 28 days

1970 Yanks Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for the 1st of 3 times in 28 days

1969 7th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 7-6

1969 Joe Pepitone quits Yanks after being fined $500 for leaving the bench

1969 Ted Williams begins managing Washington Senators, they lose to Yanks 8-4

1969 Ricky Bones, born in Salinas, Puerto Rico, pitcher, Mil Brewers, New York Yanks

1968 Yanks and Tigers play 3-3 tie in 19 due to 1 AM curfew

1968 Yanks turn 21st triple-play in their history lose 4-3 to Twins

1968 6th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 4-3

1967 1st World Series since 1948 not to feature Yanks, Giants or Dodgers

1967 Yanks longest day, Red Sox take 1st game 2-1 in 9, Yanks win 2nd game in 20, 4-3 a total of 8 hours and 19 minutes

1967 Twins beat Yanks 3-2 in 18

1967 5th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 4-0

1967 Yanks take 5-3 lead in 11th and lose 6-5, in 2nd game Red Sox lead 3-2 in 9th and Yanks beat them 6-3

1967 Johnny Keane, baseball player/mgr (Cards, New York Yanks), dies at 55

1966 John Wetteland, San Mateo California, pitcher, New York Yanks, Rangers, Expos

1966 4th Mayor's Trophy Game; Yanks beat Mets 5-2

1965 3rd Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 2-1 in 10

1964 Luis Polonia, Santiago City, Dominican Republic, outfielder, New York Yanks, Orioles

1964 CBS purchases 80% of Yanks for $11,200,000, later buys remaining 20%

1964 Yanks fire Manager Yogi Berra

1964 Roberto Kelly, born in Panama, outfielder, New York Yanks, for the Cincinnati Reds, Minnesota Twins

1964 2nd Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 6-4

1963 Jim Bouton's 20th win clinches Yanks 28th pennant

1963 1st Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 6-2

1962 Yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship

1962 Yanks (20th championship) beat San Francisco Giants 4 games to 3 in World Series

1962 Alvaro Espinoza, Venezuela, baseball shortstop, New York Yanks, New York Mets

1961 World Series scoreless pitching streak Yanks beat Reds 4 games to 1

1961 Roger Maris hits home run # 59 and barely misses # 60 in game 154 of the season. Yanks clinch pennant #26

1961 Jimmy Key, born in Huntsville, Alabama, pitcher, Blue Jays, New York Yanks, Orioles

1960 Yanks win 8-7, ending season on a 15 game win streak, and record 193 HRs

1959 Yanks trade Marv Thronberry, Don Larsen, Hank Bauer and Norm Seibern for Roger Maris, Kent Hadley and Joe Deaestri

1959 Yanks sink to last place, 1st time since May 25, 1940

1958 Rickey Henderson, Chic, baseball player, stolen base king, A's, Yanks

1958 Phils drop plans for New York sportcast as Yanks threat to do same in Phila

1958 Yanks threaten to broadcast games nationwide if NL goes ahead with plans to broadcast, games into New York City

1958 Ken Griffy, baseball player, Cin Reds, New York Yanks

1957 Tony Kubek of the Yanks selected as AL Rookie of the Year

1957 Yanks trade Billy Martin and Ralph Terry for Ryne Duran

1957 Yanks involved in Copacabana Incident, leads to Billy Martin trade

1956 On Skowron's grand slammer New York Yanks beat Dodgers 9-0 in series game 7

1956 Sal Maglie and Dodgers defeat Yanks 6-3 in opening game of World Series

1956 Yanks Mickey Mantle hits his 52nd HR of season

1956 Yanks set dubious record, stranding 20 men on base Mantle hits a 500' plus homer but Red Sox win 13-9 in Fenway

1956 Yanks clinch pennant #22 on Mantle's 50th homer of year

1956 Yanks Yogi Berra ties career record for home runs (236) by a catcher

1956 To make room for Enos Slaughter, New York Yanks release Phil Rizzuto

1955 Jack Clark, Penns, all star outfielder, Giants, Cards, Yanks, Padres

1955 Yanks begin 16-game exhibition in Japan

1955 1st World Series color TV broadcast on NBC-TV (Yanks beat Dodgers)

1955 Yanks clinch pennant by beating Red Sox, 3-2

1954 Yanks send Miller, Segrist, Leppert and 2 minors to Orioles for Blayzka, Kryhoski, Johnson, Fridley and Del Guercio (completing 18 player deal)

1954 Yanks trade Woodling, Byrd, McDonald, Triandos, Miranada and Smith to Orioles for Turley, Larsen and Hunter as part of an 18 player deal

1954 A's defeats Yanks 8-6 in last game franchise will play in Phila

1954 Yanks tie a record, 3 of their pinch hitters strike out in 1 inning

1954 Indians sweep Yanks at Municipal Stadium; largest AL crowd (86,563)

1954 Indians beat Yanks 6-1 for record tying 26 wins in August (1931 A's)

1953 50th World Series sees New York Yankees beat Dodgers, 4 games to 2, as New York Billy Martin's 12 hits set record; Yanks win record 5th consec WS

1953 Yanks clinch 5th straight pennant with 8-5 win over Indians

1953 Yanks become 1st team to win 5 consecutive championship

1953 Despite Johnny Mize 2,000th hit, Yanks lose ending 18 game win streak and also ending St. Louis Brown 14 game losing streak

1953 Yanks sweep Indians 6-2, 3-0 before 74,708 win streak at 18 straight

1953 Yankee Irv Noren hits into a triple-play, Yanks beat Washington 12-4

1953 Yanks and Browns use record 41 players in a game

1952 Dallas Texans (former Boston Yanks) play last game, last original team

1952 Yanks clinch 4th straight and 19th AL pennant, beating A's 5-2

1952 New York Yankees Johnny Mize's pinch-hit grand slam gives Yanks a 5-1 win at Washington He has now HRed in all 15 major league parks

1952 Lisa Eichhorn, Reading, Pennsylvania, actress, Cutter's Way, Yanks

1952 1st NFL team in Texas, Dallas Texans formerly New York Yanks

1952 NFL takes control of New York Yanks

1951 New York Giants and New York Yanks score back-to-back TDs on kickoff returns

1951 Yanks beat Giants 4 games to 2 in World Series, DiMaggio's final game

1951 Gil McDougald's World Series grand slam helps Yanks beat Giants 13-1

1951 Allie Reynolds' 2nd no-hitter of 1951; Yanks clinch pennant #18

1950 Yanks win 13th world championship sweeping Phillies

1950 Yanks clinch 2nd consecutive pennant under Casey Stengel

1950 Yanks and Tigers hit record 11 HRs, Tigers win 10-9

1950 Joe Dimaggio's 2,000th hit, Yanks beat Indians 8-2

1949 Yanks trade Joe Gordon to Cleveland for Allie Reynolds

1949 Yanks and Red Sox, tied for 1st place, play final game of season. Yanks win 5-3 and clinch pennant #16

1948 Dave Kingman, baseball player, Mets, Yanks, Giants

1948 Yanks, Boston and Cleveland are tied for 1st place in AL (91-56)

1948 Yanks and Red Sox tie at 2-2 in 17, spring training game

1947 Yanks beat Dodgers 5-3-largest WS crowd 73,365-1st WS televised

1947 Yanks clinch pennant #15

1947 Yanks get 18 singles to beat Red Soxs 11-2

1947 Tigers shut out Yanks 2-0, end 19 game win streak

1947 Bobo Newsom wins 200th game, 1st as a Yankee and Yanks 18th straight In nightcap Vic Rashi extends streak to 19

1947 Yanks beat Senators 3-1 starting a 19 game win streak

1946 Yanks set season attendance record of 2,309,029 besting 1929 Cubs

1946 66,545 fans help Yanks break million attendance mark, the earliest

1946 1st night game at Yankee stadium (Senators 2, Yanks 1)

1946 Red Sox win 15th straight beat Yanks 5-4, DiMaggio hits Grand Slam

1945 Boo Ferriss loses to Yanks 3-2 after starting his career with 8 wins

1945 NFL's Boston Yanks and Brooklyn Tigers merge

1945 Dan Topping, Del Webb and Larry MacPhail purchase New York Yanks for $2.8 mil

1944 Browns last in AL attendance,only 6,172 watch them sweep Yanks in DH

1944 Yanks Johnny Lindell ties record with 4 consecutive doubles in a game

1944 Yanks, Dodgers and Giants play unique 6 inn game for War Bonds, each playing successive innings, final score Dodgers-5, Yanks-1 and Giants-0

1943 Yanks clinch pennant #14

1942 Despite Ted Williams wins Triple Crown, Yanks Joe Gordon wins AL MVP

1942 Yanks clinch pennant #13

1942 Braves get Tommy Holmes from Yanks for Buddy Hassett and Gene Moore

1941 Mickey Owens drops a 3rd strike, Tom Hendrick reaches 1st safely - would have been last out, instead Yanks score 4 and win 7-4

1941 Yanks beat Red Sox 6-3 and clinch their 12th and earliest pennant

1941 New York Yankee Lefty Gomez walks most (11) in a shutout (Yanks 9, St. L 0)

1941 Yanks beat Tigers 12-6 in 17

1941 1st night game at Washington D.C., Griffith stadium (Yanks 6, Senators 5)

1941 Joe DiMaggio starts 56-game hitting streak; Yanks lose 13-1

1939 Yanks beat Red Sox 4-1 in 7, game called because of lightning

1939 Yanks beat Red Sox on a forfeit, their 4th forfeit win

1939 Yanks hit 13 HRs, sweep A's 23-2 and 10-0

1939 Lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, Yanks beat Tigers 22-2

1938 Yanks Lefty Gomez sets record of 6 World Series wins without a loss

1938 Despite losing a double header, Yanks clinch pennant #10

1938 Yanks Monte Pearson no-hits Indians 13-0, DiMaggio hits 3 triples

1938 Yanks sweep Red Sox 10-0 and 5-4 in front of 83,533 at Yankee Stadium

1937 Rather than accept any trade offers, the Yanks release Tony Lazzeri

1936 Yanks set new attendance record of 64,842 in 3rd game of World Series

1936 Joe DiMaggio becomes 5th to hit 2 home runs in 1 inn, Yanks beat Browns 18-4

1936 Tony Lazerri 2 grand slams (11 RBIs); Ben Chapman sets record by reaching 1st 7 times safely, Yanks beat A's 25-2

1935 Yanks set solo HR record with 6 beat Boston 7-2

1935 Yanks pull a 1st inning triple-play and beat Philadelphia A's 9-8

1934 Bill White, U.S., 1st baseman, Cards, /announcer, Yanks, /President, NL

1933 Yanks commit 7 errors in 1 game but beat Boston 16-12

1933 Yanks are shut out for 1st time after 308 games (since Aug 2, 1931)

1933 A's score 11 runs in 2nd, Yanks score 10 in 5th and win 17-11

1933 Trailing 11-3, Yanks score 12 runs in 8th and beat White Sox 15-11

1932 Yanks' Ben Chapman hits 2 inside-the-park HRs, tying record

1932 1st Sunday game at Fenway Park, Yanks beat Red Sox 13-2

1932 Lou Gehrig is 1st to hit 4 consecutive HRs; Yanks beat A's 20-13

1932 Yanks 4th straight shutout to equal record set by Cleveland and Boston

1931 Round-robin playoff among New York City's 3 major league teams, to raise money for unemployed, concludes with Brooklyn losing to both Giants and Yanks

1931 Yanks turn triple-play but lose 7-5 to Indians

1930 Lou Gehrig grand slams as Yanks beat Red Sox 14-13

1930 Ruth hits 3 home runs as Yanks blow 6-0 lead in 7th and lose 15-7

1929 Yanks Tom Zachary ends season 12-0

1929 Indians, in 9th with 2 outs score 9 to beat Yanks 14-6

1929 Howard Yanks, founder, Philadelphia folk festival

1928 Yanks (17) Tigers (28) set 9 inning hit record (45)-Tigers win 19-10

1928 Cleveland Indians score 17 in 1st 2 inns to beat Yanks 24-6 at Dunn Field they also set a record with 24 singles in 1 game

1928 Yanks score 11 runs in 12th beating Tigers 12-1

1928 A's commit 7 errors and lose to Yanks 7-4

1928 Record 12 future Hall of Famers take the field, as Yanks beat A's 9-7

1928 Yanks are out of 1st place for 1st time since May 1926

1928 Byron "Yanks" Janis, born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, pianist, NBC Symphony Orch

1927 Yanks set record of 106 victories

1927 Yanks Earle Coombs hits 3 triples

1927 Yanks clinch pennant, Ruth hits 2 home runs (52 en route to 60)

1927 Tony Lazzeri hits 3 home runs Yanks beat White Sox 12-11

1926 Babe Ruth hits 3 home runs in a World Series game, Yanks beat Cards 10-5

1926 Shortest double header, Yanks lose 6-1 in 72 minutes and lose again 6-2 in 55 minutes to Browns. Yanks had already clinched pennant

1926 Yanks' Bob Meusel ties record with 3 sacrifice flies

1925 Yanks Lefty Grove beats A's Herb Pennock 1-0 in 15 innings

1924 Yanks win by forfeit over Tigers, their 3rd forfeit win

1923 New York Giant's Casey Stengel HR beats Yanks 1-0 in World Series

1923 Yanks slaughter Red Sox 24-4

1923 After a single, Red Sox Howard Ehmke retires next 27 Yanks

1923 Yanks hit into a triple-play but beat A's 9-2

1923 Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yanks 3-0

1922 Yanks and Giants play an infamous 3-3 tie World Series game

1922 Yanks clinch pennant #2, beating Boston 3-1

1921 Fewest hits in World Series Game, 5, Yanks (3) beat Giants (2), 3-0

1921 1st World Series radio broadcast, Yanks beat Giants 3-0

1921 Yanks beat Indians 21-7 in Polo Grounds

1921 Yanks' pitcher Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs beating Tigers 11-8

1920 In memory of Ray Chapman (died Aug 16), Yanks cancel game with Indians

1920 Ray Chapman, hit in the head by Yanks' Carl Mays pitch, dies

1920 Ray Chapman, of Indians is hit in head by Yanks' Carl Mays pitch; he dies next day, only major league fatality

1920 Tigers beat Yanks 1-0 in shortest AL game, 73 minutes

1920 Red Sox turn triple-play, but Ruth's 35th HR leads Yanks to 8-2 win

1920 Yanks win protest of 1-0 White Sox win and game is replayed

1919 Yanks and Red Sox reach agreement on transfer of Babe Ruth

1919 Yanks 21 hits, Browns 17 hits Browns win 7-6 in 17, on squeeze play

1919 Yanks and Senators play 2nd straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15

1919 Yanks' Jack Quinn and Senators' Walter Johnson, 12 inning 0-0 tie

1917 Babe Ruth beats New York Yanks, pitching 3-hit 10-3 win for Red Sox

1916 Yanks turn triple-play beating Browns 10-6

1916 Yanks score in every inning but 8th beat Indians 19-3

1915 Yanks get record 16 walks and 3 wild pitches beat A's Bruno Hass, 15-0

1915 Red Sox Babe Ruth pitching debut and 1st HR, loses to Yanks 4-3 in 15

1915 Col Jacob Ruppert and Col Tillinghast Huston purchase Yanks for $460,000

1913 Yanks win 13th game of year after losing 36 games

1913 Yanks commit 8 errors and still beat Tigers 10-9 in 10 innings

1912 Yanks win final game at Hilltop stadium

1912 Yanks lose game #100 en route to a 50-102 season

1912 Clarence "Ace" Parker, NFL QB, Brooklyn, Boston Yanks

1911 Yanks steal 15 bases and get 13 walks, beating Browns 16-12; with a major-league record 6 stolen bases in 1 inning

1911 Yanks set team record 12 errors in a double header

1908 Yanks lose 100th game of year go 51-103 for season

1908 Yanks replace Clark Griffith with Kid Elberfeld as manager who is destined to have worse won-lost pct of any Yankee mgr 27-71 (.276)

1908 Walter L "Red" Barber, Mississippi, sports announcer, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yanks

1907 Yanks commit 11 errors and lose 14-6 to Tigers

1906 Yanks win 2nd game on a forfeit over A's; 2nd forfeit win

1906 Ken Strong, NFL, AFL halfback, Staten Island, New York Yanks, New York Giants

1906 Yanks win by forfeit, for their 1st time

1905 Art Donovan, NFL defensive tackle, Balt, New York Yanks, Dallas

1904 Yanks 2 games out play 1st place Red Sox on final day doubleheader 41 game winner Chesbro loses 1st game and chance at pennant

1903 Tigers play a home game in Toledo Ohio, Yanks win 12-8

1903 Yanks and White Sox end deadlocked at 6-6 in 18

1902 Morris "Red" Badgro, Wash, NFL hall of famer, Yanks, Giants, Dodgers



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